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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A mass of people surrounds the convertible carrying astronaut Gordon Cooper and his wife, Trudy, as they arrive at Iclani Palace, Hawaii's capitol building , in downtown Honolulu today at the end of a tumultuous parade and reception."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper is presented with an honorary gold medal by President Thomas H. Hamilton of the University of Hawaii ,where Cooper once went to school, during today's round of honors accorded him in Honolulu ."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maj. Gordon Cooper, 22-orbit space hero, poses today in the White House rose garden with his family after the astronaut was presented with the NASA Distinguished Service medal."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper is followed by Dr. Howard Minners and suit technician Joe Schmidt as he walks down the stairway to a transfer van at Hangar S today before his scheduled 220 orbit flight."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper and his suit technicians are reflected in a mirror as he is suited today in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Fla., for a new attempt a 22-orbit flight through space."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maj. Gordon Cooper rides through a shower of confetti through downtown Washington as the Nation's Capital poured a hero's welcome on the 22-orbit astronaut today."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper climbs into his space capsule, Faith 7, today for second attempt at his scheduled 22-orbit space flight."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper, who seems to be saying " What a day " , gets a laughs from Dr. Howard Minners, left , and suit technician Joe Schmidt as they go down elevator after astronaut left space capsule."

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Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper is greeted by two girls who rushed out from curbside crowds in Washington's tremendous welcome Tuesday."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper climbs out of his space capsule, Faith 7 , after his scheduled 22-orbit mission was postponed."

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Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Shawnee residents turned out by the thousands Saturday to give astronaut Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper a rousing welcome."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Three Mercury Astronauts who are in training here making simulated satellite flights on the Navy's giant centrifuge look over model of the huge whirligig."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Former President Herbert Hoover makes a brief speech of parade at luncheon in honor of Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr. today in New York 's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Leroy Gordon Cooper, his wife and Tom Steed in Washington during pinning ceremony in which Cooper got astronaut wings."

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Astronaut Gordon Cooper, wearing traditional flowers leis, tells a crowd of 1500 which greeted him at Hickham Air Force Base In Honolulu that their " wonderful welcome" is all "rather overwhelming."

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Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Playful fellow astronauts give air force Capt. Leroy Cooper, of Shawnee, Okla., a rocking in a model space capsule chair."

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